Adikanfo Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Hwidiem in the Ahafo Region, formerly Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of September.
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Adikanfo Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Hwidiem in the Ahafo Region, formerly Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of September. Others also claim it is celebrated in the months of March or April. 1
Celebrations
During the festival, visitors are welcomed to share food and drinks. The people put on traditional clothes and there is durbar of chiefs. There is also dancing and drumming. Sacrifices of animals are made to their gods and ancestors. 1
Significance
This festival is celebrated to mark an event that took place in the past. This festival commemorates the migration of the people of Hwidiem from Denkyira Ntomu to their present abode. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Adikanfo Festival”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Adikanfo Festival is Festival of the people of Hwidiem, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 2
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